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Yesterday I heard a radio programme on the "Moral judgement of psychopaths". The guest was an ethics professor, and the discussions included whether psychopaths can be legally responsible for their actions. Here's a link to the audio in case anybody would like to listen to it.

Feel welcome to use this thread to comment on related issues e.g. Should psychopaths who commit crimes not be convicted and jailed, but instead be found mentally ill and ...

Hi everybody this is my first post here.

I always knew I was different (not necessarily in a good way), and I think AvPD might explain a lot of things that went wrong in my life so far. Although I haven’t been formally diagnosed with AvPD, I share many of its diagnostic traits and after lurking around this forum for a while I felt like I was staring into mirror images of my life from ...

This has really unsettled me & extremely increased my OCD anxiety!

I have a very close male friend, he gets on really well with my mum, hes always coming round and hanging out. He knows how i am about people touching my stuff - i have really bad OCD as anyone whos read any of my other posts will know. There's certain things that are paramount to me - that if i lose/dont have them ...

There is a new alter in the system..she is a young girl..I met her in a dream but she was like a spirit/demonic entity. In my dream she wore a green dress with a white ruffled collar and she has red-orange glowing eyes with short dark colored hair. I was in a house and she was all alone I had to use special glasses to see her because she appeared to be dead like she ...

*some stuff may trigger/flashback, PTSD stuff*

Hey guys so I just started my first day as, get this, produce clerk at Publix (local grocery store). I have worked WAY more stressful jobs before and left my old job because the stress and all this stuff was driving me off the wall. I was a student manager at the University gym, and my anxiety levels were on a freakishly high level, not to mention the constant ...

If someone with mild form of HPD that don't realize they have this order, is told they may have this and admits to the fact they may have HPD get better with there actions simply by knowing they may have a disorder. and will they treat you better as a boy friend because they know that your now aware of why they seek attention all the time. I find it more easier to understand her ...

My story is too long to post now, but most recently I injured my back @ work on x-mas eve.(no surg.) but still a lot of pain, then to top it off my wife wants a divorce (so I can do the things I want), and she cant make me happy anymore-(my sadness is killing her) ?
How is that for a start, oh- married 26 years. Please respond. Thanks -mackeral

My husband's sister said that for 5 years my husband sexually abused her, she said it started when she was 5 and he was 12. He says that he absolutely does not remember it at all, can this be true? I have been with him for 8 years and we have 2 daughters and not ONCE has he ever shown signs of any kind to make me think he did this. My husband and his ...

My bf has been WONDERFUL the past couple days, and I have to admit - the problem is ME. I question it, I make a big deal of it, I am a problem in ITSELF.

What is our problem? Why can't we just accept the love given by others? Why can't we feel the love GIVEN by others? I feel like I'm UNABLE to get there... does it all have to do with the vulnerability ...

I am using Zyprexa for schizophrenia and it makes me sleep nearly 12-14 hours a day. Will using Modafinil lessen the daytime sleepiness and the hours I sleep? Or dealing with antipsychotic medication induced sleepiness is hard? If it will be beneficial how long hours will I be energetic and not sleep after the first dose?